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January 2008
- Obama Wades Into Kenya Fray
  
  Associated Press | Jan 8, 08 11:54 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama called Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga in an effort to help defuse the bloody post-election standoff in the African nation. "He called to express grave concern over the election outcome," Odinga's spokesman told the AP. Obama's father was from Kenya, where 500 people have died in brutal ethnic-cleansing-style violence since the disputed December 27 election. More »
- Odinga Calls Off Rallies, Will Try Negotiating
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jan 7, 08 12:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kenyan opposition leader Rail Odinga called off his protest rallies today, trying to calm the nation as busloads of ethnic Kikuyu fled the western part of the country. So far at least 255,000 have been displaced, and 600 have been killed in ethnic-cleansing-style violence. Odinga today agreed to try quelling the bloodshed by negotiating a power-sharing deal with President Kibaki, the Guardian reports. More »
- Odinga Rejects Unity Rule; Kenya Health Crisis Looms
  
  Associated Press | Jan 6, 08 8:32 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Opposition leader Raila Odinga today rejected President Mwai Kibaki's offer of a unity government and demanded an international mediator, AP reports. "We want a properly negotiated settlement, not a coalition government," Odinga said, warning that his party would stage more rallies, threatening a new burst of violence after this weekend’s relative peace. Aid officials, meanwhile, warned that the continuing chaos threatens a national health crisis. More »
- Kenyan Prez Agrees to Form Unity Gov't
  
  BBC | Jan 5, 08 6:08 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki today pledged to form a unity government, after talks with the top US diplomat for Africa aimed at solving the country's violent post-election crisis, the BBC reports. Jendayi Frazer met first with opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has said he will not negotiate unless Kibaki steps down. Another meeting is planned. More »
- Tutu 'Hopeful' About Kenya Mediation
  
  Reuters | Jan 4, 08 8:35 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has said he is open to the possibility of a coalition government—if the opposition consents to his terms, Reuters reports. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said after a meeting with Kibaki that "there is a great deal of hope" in ongoing talks and that both sides appear willing to negotiate. More »
- Kenya Prez: 'I'm Ready to Talk'
  
  Reuters | Jan 3, 08 2:48 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said today he's ready for talks with political opponents "once the nation is calm," Reuters reports. After three days of rioting and burning slums, in the wake of a hotly contested election, opposition leader Raila Odinga postponed until tomorrow a rally scheduled for a Nairobi park today. Odinga remained combative, accusing Kibaki allies of "genocide." More »
- Kenya Unrest Not Rwanda-Scale
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Jan 3, 08 11:29 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Post-election violence in Kenya has taken on a nasty ethnic edge, as tribes across the country, particularly the Luo of opposition leader Raila Odinga, take their political frustrations out on sort-of President Mwai Kibaki’s powerful Kikuyu. But this isn’t quite Rwanda, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The 1994 genocide there was organized, whereas this smaller, spontaneous violence could be stopped by Kibaki and Odinga. More »
- Kenyan Police Block Protest With Tear Gas
  
  Times (UK) | Jan 3, 08 6:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kenyan riot police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on protesters attempting to gather in a Nairobi park for a rally for Raila Odinga, the Kenyan presidential candidate who disputes his narrow defeat in last week's election. The Times of London reports that Odinga called off his "people's rally" and told supporters to disperse after paramilitary police sealed off the park and blocked protesters from the city's main slum. More »
- Save our Beloved Country
  
  The Standard | Jan 3, 08
  
  There are only three ways of getting our beloved country through the current crisis, that is, put the General Election behind it and return to normalcy.
- Raila takes the lead in search for a way out
  
  The Standard | Jan 3, 08
  
  ODM leader Mr Raila Odinga last night took the lead in trying to find a way out of the impasse caused by alleged fraudulent tallying of votes that cost him victory in the just completed poll and led to loss of lives.
- Kenya Spirals Toward Ethnic War
  
  Time | Jan 2, 08 9:58 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The tribal violence gripping Kenya could reach a bloody climax tomorrow, Time reports, when an opposition leader has urged supporters to converge on a park in Nairobi to protest the results of last month's general election. Raila Odinga blames a rigged vote-count for re-electing President Mwai Kibaki, igniting disarray that has left more than 300 dead in four days. More »
- Scramble for Peace After Kenya Carnage
  
  BBC | Jan 2, 08 5:26 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Political leaders scrambled yesterday to contain violence in Kenya as rioting and retaliation over an election dispute appeared to leave the nation teetering on the edge of bloody chaos, the BBC reports. Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes. At least 300 people have been killed, including 30 burned alive as they sought refuge in a church. The president of the African Union is due in Kenya today for talks. More »
- Fire at Church Kills 50 as Riots in Kenya Rage
  
  Associated Press | Jan 1, 08 12:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A mob set fire to a church filled with people in Kenya today, killing at least 50, according to the Red Cross, most of them members of Mwai Kibaki’s Kikuyu tribe. Chaos has reigned in the country since Kibaki’s disputed election victory, which EU inspectors say lacks credibility. At least 270 have been killed in increasingly ethnic violence, the AP reports. More »
December 2007
- Post-Election Rioting Kills 124 in Kenya
  
  Reuters | Dec 31, 07 7:23 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - At least 124 have died in rioting that escalated across Kenya today in anger over president Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election victory. Police fired live ammunition at protesters, who threw stones, wielded machetes and burned cars and buses. Supporters of opposition candidate Ralia Odinga, who led in the vote count until the last minute, say Kibaki rigged the election, and EU election observers also threw doubt on the results, Reuters reports. More »
- Kenyan Prez Kibaki Declared Victor, Sworn In
  
  BBC | Dec 30, 07 11:38 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kenya today declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner of Thursday's election, igniting riots in Nairobi as protesters accused the Kibaki government of election fraud and demanded a recount, reports the BBC. At least 10 people have been killed. Kibaki was sworn into a second 5-year term immediately after the announcement that he beat opposition leader Raila Odinga by just 230,000 votes. More »
- Kenya Race Tightens; Riots Delay Count
  
  BBC | Dec 29, 07 5:44 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Police had to restore order today at Kenya’s election commission as the presidential race tightened yet again and officials halted the count until tomorrow. Politicians on both sides scuffled and shouted accusations of election fraud as the once-hefty lead of opposition candidate Raila Odinga dropped to just 40,000 votes. Supporters on both sides are declaring victory—and rioting in the streets, the BBC reports. More »
- Kenya Opposition Claims Victory
  
  CNN | Dec 29, 07 8:56 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The party of opposition leader Raila Odinga, a wealthy businessman with a populist platform, has declared victory in Kenya's hotly contested election, but the slow pace of the vote tally has led to rioting in the slums of Nairobi. After a largely peaceful campaign, machete-wielding gangs have looted and torched storefronts. "We do not want violence, we want our rights," said one Odinga supporter marching in the streets. More »
- Kenya's Prez Appears Defeated
  
  New York Times | Dec 28, 07 9:57 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A populist challenger appears to be winning Kenya's presidential election, the New York Times reports. Raila Odinga, a businessman who promises to spread Kenya's growing wealth more equitably, has a 57%-40% lead over incumbent Mwai Kibaki in early results, while many in Kibaki's inner circle, including the vice president and 14 ministers, are losing their seats in parliament, Nairobi's Standard newspaper reports. More »
- Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears
  
  Mail & Guardian (South Africa) | Dec 25, 07 10:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kenya's presidential election remains too close to call with 48 hours to go, writes the Mail and Guardian . President Mwai Kibaki is seeking a second term but facing a stiff challenge from former ally Raila Odinga for the leadership of East Africa's bellwether nation. Yesterday police fired teargas at supporters of the two camps who began hurling stones at each other in downtown Nairobi. More »